Delhi–Jaipur Expressway

Delhi-Jaipur Expressway
दिल्ली-जयपुर एक्सप्रेसवे
Route information
Length 195.1 km (121.2 mi)
Major junctions
From Gurgaon
To Jaipur
Location
States Haryana, Rajasthan
Highway system

    Delhi–Jaipur Expressway (Hindi: दिल्ली-जयपुर एक्सप्रेसवे) is a proposed, 195.1-kilometre-long (121.2 mi), six-lane, controlled-access expressway, connecting Delhi with Jaipur in India.[1] The expressway will start from Kherki Toll Plaza in Gurgaon and terminate near Chandwaji at Jaipur. It will be constructed as part of Phase 1 of the Bharatmala project.[2]

    Project details

    It will be a greenfield expressway and will pass through 423 villages of 11 tehsils in 7 districts of Haryana and Rajasthan.[3] The total land required for the project is estimated to be 1,755.9 hectares (4,339 acres) of which 1,354.98 hectares (3,348.2 acres) is privately owned, 360.65 hectares (891.2 acres) is government owned, 1.22 hectares (3.0 acres) is reserved forest area and 39.728 hectares (98.17 acres) is notified as protected forest land.[4] The total civil cost of the project is expected to be ₹ 6,350 crores while another ₹ 5,000 crores will be required for resettlement and rehabilitation of affected individuals.[5] Total environment budget of the project is ₹ 50.60 crores.

    History

    The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the UPA government, in 2006-07, planned to construct 10 expressways in the country, one of which would connect the national capital of Delhi with the city of Jaipur.[6] The project started taking shape in 2011, as the then minister for Highways, C. P. Joshi, met with ministers of the Haryana and Delhi governments to discuss the project.[7] The Haryana and Rajasthan governments cleared the proposed alignment in 2012.[8] Seven townships were planned to be developed along the expressway, three in Haryana near Manesar, Pataudi and Rewari, and four in Rajasthan near Behror, Kotputli, Shahapura and Chomu.[9] But the government failed to come up with a financial model to attract private investment for the project.[10] In 2015, the new Highway minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the government was considering the proposal to build the greenfield highway connecting Delhi and Jaipur at a cost of ₹ 32,800 crores.[11] To reduce the high cost, the alignment was revised and the starting point of the expressway was moved from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Kherki Dhaula Toll Plaza.[4]

    Timeline

    • July 2012: Haryana and Rajasthan governments cleared the proposed alignment of the expressway, while Delhi government gave an in-principle approval.[8]
    • December 2016: The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment Ministry cleared the revised terms of reference (ToR) of the project.[1]

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 Aggarwal, Mayank (27 December 2016). "Delhi-Jaipur Expressway gets environment ministry nod". Mint. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
    2. ↑ Bharatmala List of Projects (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
    3. ↑ Jha, Bagish (21 March 2017). "195 km super e-way to link Delhi, Jaipur". Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
    4. 1 2 Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (Greenfield) Project: Pre-feasibility Report (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    5. ↑ "Delhi-Jaipur Expressway to cut drive time from 4-5 hrs to 120 mins". The Statesman. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    6. ↑ "Cos may shy away from Delhi-Jaipur Eway if land not acquired". Business Standard. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    7. ↑ "New expressway on Delhi-Jaipur route". Daily Bhaskar. 12 November 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    8. 1 2 Dash, Deepak Kumar (11 July 2012). "Haryana, Rajasthan clear alignment of Delhi-Jaipur expressway". Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    9. ↑ Dash, Deepak Kumar (5 December 2012). "Seven townships planned along Delhi-Jaipur expressway". Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    10. ↑ Verma, Ragini (14 November 2013). "Road ministry looking to make projects attractive to bidders". Mint. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
    11. ↑ "Government considering proposal to build a new Greenfield expressway". Business Standard. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

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